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Geoff Lander -- Out for Eighty

Some pray for the raindropswhen late English wickets clatter,just enough to stop the play --a gentle pitter patter.Others seek the age-old cureand reach for the Madeira,and think back to the halcyon daysof Basil D'Oliveira.

Bad sports pray for bad lightwhen they hear those timbers shatterand some recall the sixtieswhen it was a different matter.And turning Test Match Special offthey reassess the era, of splendid rearguard actionsby one Basil D'Oliveira.